"Spike TV has cast Kirk "Sticky" Jones to star in the cable channel's premiere original drama effort Blade, reports Variety.

Based on the comic book and film franchise of the same name, Blade centers on a half-man, half-vampire warrior endeavoring to save the human race from a demonic underworld.

Feature screenwriter David Goyer (Batman Begins, the "Blade" trilogy) is executive producing and co-writing the script with the comic's author Geoff Johns. New Line Television is producing.

Spike committed to the project in spring and production is set to begin November 14 in Vancouver. Should Blade get a series pickup, Spike executives are eyeing a June 2006 premiere.

Jill Wagner, Neil Jackson, Nelson Lee and Jessica Gower round out the cast. Peter O'Fallon will direct."


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Pretty stupid idea if you ask me. Wesley Snipes = Blade and no one else

Kind of reminds me how smallscale The Crow tv series was

I would like to think that this will end up being entertaining but without Snipes in the lead it hardly seems like 'Blade' to me. I don't know why Snipes wouldn't do it though, seeing as how he has resorted to starring in multiple direct-to-video films in the last few years. TV is probably considered a step-up from DTV.

Its actually not a bad tv series if anyone saw it. Did anyone mention how last wednesday ratings for Blade beat Lost repeat despite being on cable.